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May 24, 2011
10 Questions with ... Jill StradaBRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS:
- B.A. Degree from Rollins College in Winter Park, FL
- January 1996-January 1999: Promotion Assistant/on-air personality - WJHM/102 JAMZ
- January 1999-January 2004: Marketing & Promotion Dir. and APD/MD - WPYO/95.3 PARTY
- January 2004-July 2007: PD - WPYO/POWER 95.3
- July 2007-current: APD/MD - WQHT/HOT 97
- March 2009-current: PD - WRKS/98.7 KISS-FM
1) You started in the promotions department at WJHM (102 JAMZ)/Orlando. Who were some of your early influences?
Actually when I started at WJHM, it was owned by Beasley Broadcasting. Then it was bought and sold a few times and ended up being owned by Chancellor Media while I was there ... later to be sold to CBS. The Promotion Director at that time, Carlos Pedraza, was the person who brought me into radio as his intern in the Promotion Department. I did everything at the station from part-time promotions to on-air shifts. I was like a sponge, always wanting to learn and do more. Carlos, along with the many talented radio personalities and DJ's -- Bartel Bartel (R.I.P.), Cedric Hollywood, Monica May, Jimmy Jamz, and DJs Twice As Nice (Richie Rich & DJ Ray) - all influenced me in my early years in radio. It was with this group of people that I discovered my passion for radio.
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May 17, 2011
10 Questions with ... Rick Smiley1) Where and what was your first job in radio? Early influences? WBHJ (95.7 JAMZ)/Birmingham, AL, the upstart station to I. 95.7 JAMZ was my first radio job being a sidekick comedian doing prank phone callas here and there. 2) Since you already had a successful career ...
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May 10, 2011
10 Questions with ... Russ Parr1) What was your first job in radio? Early influences? My first radio job was at KLBS in Los Banos, CA. I was influenced by Dr. Don Rose on KFRC in San Francisco. He had wild one-liners with bells and whistles 2) What led you to a career in radio? Was there a defining ...
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May 3, 2011
10 Questions with ... Traci LaTrelle1) Where and what was your first job in radio? Early influences? WRVS (Elizabeth City State University (NC.) Under the direction of David Linton. WMYK (K-94)/Norfolk, Va. WMMJ/Washington, DC W102 Jamz/Greensboro, NC WQOK/Raleigh, NC WFXC-WFXK/Raleigh-Durham, NC WYLD/New ...
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April 26, 2011
10 Questions with ... Phil Michaels-TruebaBRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: WHQT/Miami, 2006-2007, PD Promo Only/Orlando, 2005-2006 Dir./Programming WHDR/Miami, 2005, Interim PD during the transition WPYM/Miami, 2002-2005 PD WPYO/Orlando, 1999-2002, PD/on-air WHQT/Miami 1991-1999 APD/MD/on-air1) 1) What was your ...
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April 19, 2011
10 Questions with ... Stan Branson1) What was your first job in radio? Early influences? My first radio job was WJSU on the campus of Jackson State University. I was hired as a weekend overnight jock at WJMI in 1978. My early influences include Michael Payne and Earnest L. James at WABQ/Cleveland, ...
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April 12, 2011
10 Questions with ... Devin SteelBRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: I attended the Univ. Of Tennessee @ Martin on a football scholarship and knew I wanted to do radio. My sophomore year in college I did a day shift for WUTM, which was Jazz. I had the luxury of being hands-on at a smaller University and wrote a ...
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April 5, 2011
10 Questions with ... Kevin BrownBRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: 1979 WSSC/Sumter S.C. overnights; KDKO/Denver, CO afternoons/mornings; WQBH/Detroit mornings; WIGO/Atlanta PD/mornings' KIPR/Little Rock PD/mornings; WMYK/Norfolk PD/mornings; 1990-2009 KBLX/San Francisco, PD/mornings. 1) What was your first ...
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March 29, 2011
10 Questions with ... Tony Gray1. Early station influences: John "Records" Landecker, Bill Bailey, Bob Sirot WLS/Chicago 2. If you were just starting out in radio, knowing now what you didn't then, would you still do it? Yes, except if I knew then what I know now, I would have majored in Business ...
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March 22, 2011
10 Questions with ... James AlexanderBRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: Radio highlights: WJLB/Detroit, WGCI/Chicago, K104/Dallas, WBOK-WYLD/New Orleans, KRLY/Houston 1) Where and what was your first job in radio? Early influences? WCIN/Cincinnati was my first radio job; grew up on WCIN, listening to Tom Knox ...